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After another busy night of action across the Big Ten Conference, only four days remain until the regular season concludes and the conference tournament bracket is finalized.
Notable results from March 4 include Purdue’s narrow win at Northwestern, Wisconsin’s blowout win over Maryland and Washington’s big home win over USC. While those contests did not change the top four seeds, they resulted in seeding movement in the bottom half of the conference. Notably, both Purdue and Wisconsin sit just one game back of a double-bye position with one game remaining.
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The Badgers and No. 15-ranked Boilermakers will meet in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Saturday. Given some help, the winner of that game may have an outside shot at jumping into one of the top four seeds.
Unlike last year, when only 15 of the 18 Big Ten teams made the conference tournament, this year’s bracket will include the entire 18-team conference. Here is an updated look at that bracket, as of March 5.
Projected Big Ten Tournament bracket as of March 5
Michigan’s head coach Dusty May, right, slaps hands with Will Tschetter during the second half in the game against Michigan State on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
First Round
No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 15 Northwestern
No. 17 Maryland vs. No. 16 Oregon
Second Round
No. 9 Iowa vs. Oregon/Maryland winner
No. 10 Indiana vs. Penn State/Northwestern winner
No. 11 Washington vs. No. 14 Rutgers
No. 12 USC vs. No. 13 Minnesota
Third Round
No. 8 Ohio State vs. Iowa/Oregon/Maryland
No. 5 Purdue vs. USC/Minnesota
No. 7 UCLA vs. Indiana/Penn State/Northwestern
No. 6 Wisconsin vs. Washington/Rutgers
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Michigan vs. Ohio State/Iowa/Oregon/Maryland
No. 4 Illinois vs. Purdue/USC/Minnesota
No. 2 Michigan State vs. UCLA/Indiana/Penn State/Northwestern
No. 3 Nebraska vs. Wisconsin/Washington/Rutgers
Semifinals
Michigan/Ohio State/Iowa/Oregon/Maryland vs. Illinois/Purdue/USC/Minnesota
Michigan State/UCLA/Indiana/Penn State/Northwestern vs….
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